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What counts as a tested walkthrough
A future tested route should identify the game build, exact map or Workshop ID, relevant settings and upgrades, deployment screenshots, the actions taken and the observed result. Until that evidence exists, we do not publish a guaranteed win, optimal build order, unit damage table or measured FPS result.
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